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Call and Response
September 5, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
In some ways, Wizards is ridiculously easy to write, because I could channel Gray’s voice on no sleep, typing upside down in a bathtub. Sarcasm and panic and trust issues are a cake walk. Of course, being funny on purpose or, you know, having a plot, occasionally require more thought.* I was about to say […]
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Signifying the Signified
September 4, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
Some people seem convinced that learning a new language is a simple act of learning new combinations of syllables to signify an already rigid meaning as determined by one’s own language, that summer is the same thing as été or samhraidh, only pronounced somewhat differently. This, of course, is not true. Learning a new language […]
DEAR SIR COMMA MADAM COMMA TITLE OF YOUR CHOICE
September 3, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
HAVE ARRIVED HOME SAFELY STOP WILL BE UNCONSCIOUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE STOP REGULAR PROGRAMMING TO RESUME AT THAT POINT AND PRESUMABLY URGE TO PUN WILL STOP HAVE FULFILLED DUTY RE OBLIGATORY TELEGRAM JOKE COMMA SLEEPING NOW STOP (Incidentally, did you know that Australia Post apparently only closed its telegram service on 7 March 2011? Just […]
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Driving in Fog is Like Sleepwalking, You Never Know Quite Where You’ll End Up
August 30, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
The view out our windscreen this morning. And then the truck ahead disappeared. It took me rather longer than I would like to be bothered by that. I think my survival instincts are on the fritz. This is probably because I am in desperate need of more sleep. Yes, I know, tired is my natural state […]
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To Climb or Not to Climb? aka Stubbornness: an Asset or a Health Hazard?
August 29, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
Things I have learned in my travels: Peru’s flag bears a striking resemblance to the rainbow flag Rick can sense good coffee like some kind of bloodhound French people really do say ‘ooh la la’ Huayna Picchu is 360 metres higher than Machu Picchu See that peak behind the ruins? That’s Huayna Picchu. You have […]
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Paddington. Arriving 2014.
August 24, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
YOU GUYS. DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS?
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Deepest, Darkest Peru
August 23, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
When I was a kid I thought Peru wasn’t a real place. I mean, Paddington Bear is from ‘deepest darkest Peru’ and he’s a character in a book. (Yes, I do know the difference between stories and real life. Mostly.) So when I was told Peru actually existed I was deeply dubious. This was like […]
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Girls Versus Boys
August 22, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
I’m sort of a disaster at writing girls. Not that I can’t write them, I just… don’t. I think the default character in my head is male. It’s weird actually, because my head certainly doesn’t default when it comes to race* or sexuality**. Anyway. Boys. Maybe it’s because in my formative years (well, formative writing […]
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Look a Three Headed Monkey!
August 21, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
Help! Am trapped in luxurious resort with terrible internet! I mean… no, seriously. There’s something very wrong here. One’s room should not come with a vacuum cleaner but without reliable internet. I have standards! I have… okay, well, I’m needy, all right? But you! You have real internet, right? Shiny, bright internet that let’s you […]
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Paul McLaughlan
platform thing 
September 6, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
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